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CHAPTER 11 LISTS OF SIMILAR PERSONS, FAMILIES AND NOTES
OR
SEARCHING YOUR FOLDER FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION
PART F: KEYWORDS USED IN ORDER COMMANDS...
In this section we assume that you know what a list is, and
how to make one. If you haven't done so already, review the
first section in this chapter, which is entitled "An
Introduction with Basic Examples". Also, review the ORDER
command description in the second section of this chapter,
which is entitled "A Glossary of GIM LISTS Commands with
Examples".
In those sections, we briefly introduced the ORDER command.
In this section, we'll cover it in more depth.
QUICK REVIEW...
The ORDER command is followed by one or more keywords, such
as MARRIAGE DATE or SURNAME. The GO command looks at these
keywords as it builds a new list, and sorts them in the order
of the first specified keyword. If two entries in a list
have the same value for the first keyword, then those entries
are sorted in the order of the next keyword, and so on.
In other words, if you give GIM LISTS the command:
ORDER SURNAME GIVEN
... then GIM LISTS will sort all the members of the list by
surname. For those members of the list who have the same
surname, they will be sorted by their given names.
Once this list is created, it will be DISPLAYed or PRINTed or
FILEd in that order.
GLOSSARY OF KEYWORDS...
Listed below are all the keywords that are currently
recognized by the ORDER command. We have only implemented a
subset of all the keywords that are possible here, and it
would be a simple matter for us to add more keywords to this
list. If you would like to see other keywords added to this
list, please contact the GIM Authors.
Lists of persons may be ORDERed with the following keywords:
AFN
-- the person's Ancestral File number
BAPTISM DATE
BAPTISM PLACE
-- the person's LDS baptism data
BIRTH DATE
BIRTH PLACE
-- the person's birth data
BURIAL DATE
BURIAL PLACE
-- the person's burial data
CHILDREN
-- the person's number of children
CHRISTENING DATE
CHRISTENING PLACE
-- the person's christening data
CODE
-- the person's "code" value
DEATH DATE
DEATH PLACE
-- the person's death data
ENDOWMENT DATE
ENDOWMENT PLACE
-- the person's LDS endowment data
FIRST
-- the person's first (given) name(s)
FULL
-- the person's full (first and last) name
GENDER
-- the person's gender, as "M", "F", or "U"
GIN
-- the person's GIN number
GIVEN
-- the person's given (first) name(s)
LAST
-- the person's last name (surname)
NUMPARENTS
-- the person's number of parents
NUMPARENTSETS
-- the person's number of sets of parents
PIN
-- the person's PIN number
REFN
-- the person's reference number
SEALPAR DATE
SEALPAR PLACE
-- the person's LDS sealing to parents data
SPOUSES
-- the person's number of spouses
SURNAME
-- the person's surname (last name)
Lists of families may be ORDERed with the following keywords:
CHILDREN
-- the family's number of children
FATHER FIRST
-- the family's father's first (given) name
FATHER FULL
-- the family's father's first and last names
FATHER GIVEN
-- the family's father's given (first) name
FATHER LAST
-- the family's father's last name (surname)
FATHER SURNAME
-- the family's father's surname (last name)
FIN
-- the family's FIN number
HUSBAND FIRST
-- the family's husband's first (given) name
HUSBAND FULL
-- the family's husband's first and last names
HUSBAND GIVEN
-- the family's husband's given (first) name
HUSBAND LAST
-- the family's husband's last name (surname)
HUSBAND SURNAME
-- the family's husband's surname (last name)
LAST
-- the family's (father's) last name (surname)
MARRIAGE DATE
MARRIAGE PLACE
-- the family's parents' marriage data
MOTHER FIRST
-- the family's mother's first (given) name
MOTHER FULL
-- the family's mother's first and last names
MOTHER GIVEN
-- the family's mother's given (first) name
MOTHER LAST
-- the family's mother's last name (surname)
MOTHER SURNAME
-- the family's mother's surname (last name)
SEALSP DATE
SEALSP PLACE
-- the family's parents' LDS sealing to spouse data
SURNAME
-- the family's (father's) surname
WIFE FIRST
-- the family's wife's first (given) name
WIFE FULL
-- the family's wife's first and last names
WIFE GIVEN
-- the family's wife's given (first) name
WIFE LAST
-- the family's wife's last name (surname)
WIFE SURNAME
-- the family's wife's surname (last name)
Lists of notes may be ORDERed using the following keywords:
NIN
-- the note's NIN number
NOTE
-- the first line (only!) of the note
NOTES
-- the first line (only!) of the note
SORTING IN REVERSE...
It is also possible to do sorts in reverse order -- for
example, to sort surnames from Z to A instead of from A to Z.
You can tell the ORDER command to do a reverse sort by putting
the keyword "REVERSE" in front of the keyword that should be
reversed, such as:
ORDER surname REVERSE given birth date
This command will sort by surname from A to Z; when surnames
match, it will sort given names from Z to A; and when surnames
and given names both match, it will sort birth dates from
earliest to latest.
The REVERSE modifier may be used with any of the keywords
listed above.
ADVANCED HINTS...
It is not necessary to order a list at the same time that it
is being created.
Instead, you can experiment with your WHERE command until it
selects the members of the list that you intend. Then, once
the list is created, you can order it by leaving out the
WHERE command altogether.
In other words, suppose you have created an unsorted list of
Czechoslovakian marriages, called "Czech Mates", which you
want to sort by surname and marriage date. You can do this
by leaving out the WHERE command as follows:
MAKE Sorted Czech Mates
FROM Czech Mates
ORDER surname marriage date
GO
When the GO command finishes, all the members of "Czech
Mates" will be in the new list called "Sorted Czech Mates",
sorted according to surname and marriage date.